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Apache Flink

Flink is a streaming dataflow engine that provides data distribution, communication, and fault tolerance for distributed computations.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Apache Flink

Apache Spark Spring Framework Grails Apache Kafka Confluent Hibernate Meteor Google Cloud Pub/Sub Vaadin Framework Apache Storm

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Apache Flink are Apache Spark, Spring Framework, and Grails. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Apache Spark is an engine for big data processing, with built-in modules for streaming, SQL, machine learning and graph processing.
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    • Open Source

    #Databases #Big Data #Big Data Analytics 56 social mentions

  2. The Spring Framework provides a comprehensive programming and configuration model for modern Java-based enterprise applications - on any kind of deployment platform.
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    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #JavaScript Tools 11 social mentions

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    An Open Source, full stack, web application framework for the JVM
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    • Open Source

    #Web Frameworks #Developer Tools #Python Web Framework 5 social mentions

  4. Apache Kafka is an open-source message broker project developed by the Apache Software Foundation written in Scala.
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    • Open Source

    #Stream Processing #Data Integration #ETL 120 social mentions

  5. Confluent offers a real-time data platform built around Apache Kafka.
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    • Open Source

    #Stream Processing #Big Data #Data Management 1 social mentions

  6. Hibernate an open source Java persistence framework project.
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    • Open Source

    #Web Frameworks #Developer Tools #Development 14 social mentions

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    Meteor is a set of new technologies for building top-quality web apps in a fraction of the time.
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    • Open Source

    #Web Frameworks #Developer Tools #Python Web Framework 10 social mentions

  8. Cloud Pub/Sub is a flexible, reliable, real-time messaging service for independent applications to publish & subscribe to asynchronous events.
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    • Open Source

    #Stream Processing #Data Integration #Web Service Automation 15 social mentions

  9. Vaadin is a web application framework for Rich Internet Applications (RIA).
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    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #JavaScript Tools 33 social mentions

  10. Apache Storm is a free and open source distributed realtime computation system.
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    • Open Source

    #Big Data #Data Management #Databases 11 social mentions

  11. A Streaming Database for Real-Time Applications
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    • Open Source

    #Database Tools #Databases #Relational Databases 65 social mentions

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    Blockly is a library for building visual programming editors.
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    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #JavaScript Tools 29 social mentions

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